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A woman wearing a dark t-shirt and glasses speaks at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.
Posted inMorning File

Like the rest of us, Health Minister Michelle Thompson has given up on meaningfully addressing COVID

by Tim Bousquet January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

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Aerial view of a deep open pit at the Moose River gold mine with gravel roads spiralling down to the depths that are filled with turquoise coloured liquid, treed landscape in the foreground, and the grey waste rock hill in the upper right.
Posted inMining

St Barbara is shedding its Nova Scotia gold mine, leaving a litany of environmental concerns

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter January 4, 2023January 30, 2023
An aerial shot of the open pit of the St Barbara Ltd Touquoy gold mine in Moose River, the pit has dark green water in its base and trucks have been taking waste rock into the deep pit.
Posted inMorning File

Atlantic Gold is abandoning Tangier

by Tim Bousquet December 19, 2022December 19, 2022
Aerial view of Moose River open pit gold mine showing deep pit with turquoise water in the bottom and gravel roads spiralling down into it, flat silvery surface of the tailings facility in the background as well as the massive waste rock storage pile with forested area and Moose River in the foreground. Photo by Raymond Plourde/ Ecology Action Centre
Posted inMining

Shake-up at Australian mining firm St Barbara will have big reverberations in Nova Scotia

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 12, 2022January 2, 2023
Posted inMining

Nova Scotia releases a Climate Change Action Plan just days after extending the life of the Donkin coal mine

by Tim Bousquet December 8, 2022December 9, 2022
a body of water with scum on it
Posted inEnvironment

Boat Harbour cleanup now priced at $314 million, and no one knows how much it will cost to clean up abandoned mine sites

by Tim Bousquet December 6, 2022December 7, 2022
A large grey building next to a pile of black coal.
Posted inBusiness and Development

Province renews Donkin Mine approval despite long history of safety violations

by Tim Bousquet December 2, 2022December 2, 2022
A woman with brown hair waving in the wind, as she stands on a rocky beach
Posted inMorning File

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by Tim Bousquet November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
An aerial shot of the open pit of the St Barbara Ltd Touquoy gold mine in Moose River, the pit has dark green water in its base and trucks have been taking waste rock into the deep pit.
Posted inEnvironment

Critics ‘extremely concerned’ as St Barbara changes gold mine proposal at Fifteen Mile Stream from one open pit to four

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter November 10, 2022November 30, 2022
This aerial photo of Atlantic Gold's Touquoy open pit gold mine in Moose River shows the giant crater where the gold is mined, and the large tailings pond on the edge of Scraggy Lake. Photo is contributed.
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Mining

Canadian regulators giving Australia’s St Barbara what it wants

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter August 18, 2022January 9, 2023

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